Radiator-shield



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APPLICATIQN FILED APR.2. 1918.

Patented Jan. 1.3, 1920.

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CHARLES H. PARMELE'E, or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AssIGNoR, BY MEsNE ASSIGN- MENTS. To rAoIEIo RADIATOR sHIEL-D oo., 'or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, A coRPoItA- TION.

RADIATOR-SHIELD.

tors of that-class which-is used for-'heating A rooms of buildings by steam or hot water,

which'radiator shield shall be made of such materials and be of such form as will adapt it to be so removably attached to a radiator disposednear the wall of a room that the adjacentfportion of said wall shall be protected from excessive radiant heat and from the deposit of dust, which, without the presence of said radiatorshield, would-be de-l posited on said wall from ascending currents of heated air; and a further object o1 my invention is to provide a radiator shield some of whose parts shall be adapted to contain 'a quantity of water which by its evaporation will increase to adesired degree-the humidityof theair of. the room heated.

I accomplish these objects by devices illus-v -trated inthe accompanying drawings, where.-

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a radlator to which is attached a radiator shield embodying my invention; g

F1g. 2 is an enlarged `view of' my said l' vthe shield.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like rference numerals indicate like parts, a piece of sheet metal, of a width a little greater than the lengthof the radiator, (as the radiator 6, to which is to be attached ,a shield) is bent to form a vertical rearward portion 7 that is rectangular in area,` a forwardly inclined integral port1on 8, whose .front edge portion 9 1s rolled under lnto the form of a segment-of a tube, and an -1 n- Specification of 4lLetters Patent.

Application iled April 2, 1918. Serial No. 226,309.

to'make it inflexible. 1

Rigidly-attac'hedto each of the end por-' Extending Patented Jan. 13, 1920.v

tegral bottom portion 10 which may be bent as required to extend rearwardly to any angle that may cause its bottom edge to make contact with the adjacent wall 11 of a room to be heated, as shown more clearly 1n Fig. 4, to thereby prevent dust laden air from' flowing upwardly between the back surface of the vertical rearward portion 7 and said wall 11, to thus vprevent dust from being deposited on said wall 11.

Fastened by bolts, as bolts 12, to each of the opposite end edges of the several integral portions 7, 8 and 9,.is an'angular flange, as flanges 13 and 14 respectively, of the form' shown.

The entire area of theinner side surface of the vertical rearward portion 7 is covered by a lining 15 of non-heat-conducting material, as sheet asbestos,which is secured in its position by the-nuts of some of the bolts` 12 as shownmore clearly. in Fig. 4, which lining 15 shields the -portjion 7 from the radiant heat of the `adjacent radiator 6.

Fastened against the under surface of the forwardly inclined portion 8, by a bolt 16 -end two of .the.bolts.12, is a bar 17 of channel iron which-1s disposed at a distance from 'the front ledge portion 9 so as to extend throughout the distance between the flanges 13y and 14, to thus stiffen the portion 8 and tions of the bar 17 so as to extend vertically downward therefrom is one of two support- 4ing brackets, as supporting brackets 18 and 19, each of which is adapted by its position to engage with and rest upon the topl end of a different one of the sections of the radiator 6 to sustain the entire weight of the shield.

through each of the opposite end portions of the vertical rearward portion 7 and through a portion of the adjoining one of the flanges 13 and 14, at a point about midway between lthe portions 8 and 10,

is a clamping hook, :as'clarnping hooks 20 and 21, which clamping hooks 20 and 21 are cach provided with a screw-threaded shank and a clamping nut like the shank 22 and nut 23 of the clamping hook 20 shown in Fig. 4

whereby they may be adjusted each to hook on to a section ofthe radiator 6 to clamp the shield thereto as shown in Fig. 1 where the clamping hook 21 engages with an end section of the radiator 6.

F astened to the under side of the portion 8 in a position between the bar 17 and the upper part ofthe portion 7 is a container 24 for water which container 24 is shown by a perspective view in Fig. 5 and whose rearward and front vertical Walls 25 and 26 respectively have portions of theirl top edges cut out, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5, to form passageways for air so that currents of heated air may flow through said container 24 and over the surface of the water therein contained, to evaporate said water and humidity said current of air which, thus humidified, flows outwardly under the front edge portion 9 into the room heated.

The portion 8 is provided with a hole 27 disposeddirectly above the central portion of the container 24, through which hole 27 water may be poured into said container 24, said hole 27 being indicated by a dotted circular line in Fig. 3. p

Manifestly, changes may be made in the form, dimensions and arrangement of parts of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

brackets for supporting said shield rigidly.

secured within the channel of said reinforcing bar and depending from the latter to rest transversely upon the sections of a radiator, substantially as described.

2. A radiator shield including a shield member having top and back walls, forwardly extending horizontal clamping hooks having Shanks adjustably connected to said back Wall and having their free hooked ends horizontally arranged to engage the end sections of a radiator to fasten the shield member to the radiator, and sheet.

metal supporting brackets rigidly secured to and depending from said top wall, said brackets having their free ends resting transversely upon the top of the radiator sections, substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 27th day of March, A. D. 1918.

CHARLES H. PARMELEE. 

